Cage Fury Fighting Championships Will Feature Three Title Fights for the First Event of 2013!

Jan 23, 2013

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Atlantic City, NJ – Cage Fury Fighting
Championships (CFFC) raises the bar again with a spectacular line
up for the first event of 2013 to take place on Saturday, February
2nd, live at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa with three title
fights. Undefeated Renzo Gracie
protégé, Artur Rofi
and Kurt
Pellegrino MMA (KPMMA) student Lester
Caslow will battle for the vacant CFFC featherweight title and
AMA Fight Club’s Sean
Santella will attempt his third title defense against
Strikeforce veteran Anthony
Figueroa. Finally in the main event, another KPMMA athlete,
George
Sullivan will “bang” against undefeated Julian Lane
who appeared on the UFC’s previous season of the Ultimate
Fighter.

Since joining CFFC in 2011, George
Sullivan (11-3) has gone 3-0 in the promotion while capturing
the CFFC welterweight crown against UFC veteran, Greg Soto. He
followed that up with a successful title defense against cagey
veteran Tenyeh
Dixon. Now he sets his eyes on Julian Lane.
“My prediction is this,” said Sullivan. “I know I’m the bigger and
stronger fighter. My striking and wrestling is better than his and
I don’t see him being able to control anything. He’s tough headed
but he is going to meet my right hand.”

After knocking out Soto, Sullivan went the distance with Dixon and
although he earned the victory, he didn’t get the finish he wanted.
“I’m going to knock him out,” continued the champion. “I’m more
focused for this fight than my last. I have something to prove
again.”

He is not the only one with something to prove. After starting his
career 4-0, Julian Lane
signed on with CFFC to fight Ozzy
Dugulubgov for a chance to earn a shot at Sullivan’s title.
Unfortunately, the UFC called and CFFC released him from his
contract to compete in the 16th season of the Ultimate Fighter.
After defeating Diego
Bautista (7-1) to get into the house, Lane hand-picked the Team
Carwin’s second pick, Bristol
Marunde, after CFFC veteran, Joey Rivera,
eliminated their first pick in Sam Alvey.
Lane fell short in a competitive two-round decision. From there,
Lane is more remembered for his antics outside of the cage than
inside. If Lane can beat Sullivan and capture the CFFC crown, it
catapults his career to a higher level.

Since losing to current CFFC bantamweight champion, Aljamain
Sterling (7-0), Sean
Santella (11-3-1) dropped back to his natural flyweight
division and has won three straight fights. Being named one of the
13 Fighters (UFC) Debuts to Hope for in ’13 by Sherdog.com,
Santella has been having trouble finding opponents. Trained by NJ
MMA Hall of Fame trainer, Mike
Constantino, Santella has the luxury of training daily with UFC
level fighters. A win here against Figueroa could catapult him into
the UFC and for this fight, he is all business. “I don’t know much
about my opponent,” said Santella. “But I’m going to do what I do
best. I’m going to push the pace and finish the fight.”

All the way from San Jose, California, Anthony
Figueroa (6-6-1) is coming off a two fight win streak and has
already had the opportunity to fight the top competition in
Strikeforce where he compiled a 3-3 record. Figueroa knows that
Santella is tough and is excited for the opportunity in front of
him. “Sean seems like a respectful martial artist and I’m honored
to fight him for his title,” said the challenger. “I’m excited for
the challenge and looking forward to fighting in the CFFC.”

After his departure to the UFC, current CFFC featherweight
champion, Joey
Gambino left a huge whole to fill for someone to claim the now
vacant title. However, Artur Rofi
(5-0) believes that he can fit the bill and stake claim to the
title. Rofi has finished all of his five professional bouts and has
alternated his last four fights with armbars and triangle choke
submissions. If things follow this pattern, Rofi could wind up with
an armbar victory and more importantly, his first title.

Standing in Rofi’s way is KPMMA’s Lester
Caslow (8-6) who has faced the toughest competition in the
region. Caslow has been a part of Kurt
Pellegrino’s fight team since 2008 and is a BJJ purple belt. He
will no doubt be Rofi’s biggest challenge to date and looks to be
the first person to defeat him. The New Jersey native is coming off
a submission victory against Brian van
Hoven and has the skill set to handle the fight no matter where
it goes.

The rest of the card is stacked from top to bottom. In the main
card, New Jersey’s own Brandon
Becker (5-0) will look to make it a perfect six when he battles
Virginia’s Brian
Nielson (3-2). Becker has also finished all of his five
opponents and all of Nielson’s victories have come via stoppages.
Don’t look for the judges to be involved in this one.

Also on the main card will feature the battle of the unbeaten
featherweights when Jordan
Stiner (2-0) of Renzo Gracie
PA takes on New York’s Kenny Rivera (1-0). Mike Wilcox (2-1)
returns to CFFC action to take on Florida’s Dervin
Lopez (1-0) in a light-heavyweight showdown. Another battle of
unbeaten will occur when Robert
Fabrizi (2-0) battles Jared
Gordon (1-0) in a lightweight battle. To finish up the main
card, Maryland’s Jonathan
DelBrugge (1-0) will look to remain undefeated when he takes on
Maykon
Santos (1-1).

The undercard will also feature a wealth of local talent including
TUF alum Andy Main,
Daniel Holmes, Julio
Rosario, Brian
Collins, and the long awaited pro debut of Jamie Lowe,
the wife of UFC veteran, Waylon Lowe.
A limited amount of tickets are still available at
www.theborgata.com. See you there to Feel the Fury!

About Cage Fury Fighting Championships Cage Fury Fighting
Championships (www.cffc.tv) is a pioneer in bringing prominent and
elite MMA talent to the east coast. With a successful return in
2011 headed by President Rob Haydak Jr. and Vice President Joe
Stant, the organization has continued to help launch the careers of
several MMA stars including current UFC standouts, current CFFC
lightweight champion John
Cholish, and CFFC featherweight Champion Joey
Gambino. CFFC Champions include George
Sullivan (welterweight), current #2 prospect in the world,
Aljamain
Sterling (bantamweight), CFFC Flyweight Champion, Sean
Santella, who is currently ranked as the # 8 fighter in the
world in the flyweight division, and UFC veteran Dustin
Jacoby, who currently holds the CFFC middleweight title.